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<p>[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7809283, member: 115909"]Yeah that’s true air-tites are cheaper.</p><p><br /></p><p>But can’t coins still time ugly in them?</p><p><br /></p><p>Idk if this is similar but I’ve seen even sealed proof sets tone ugly.However I’ve never seen coins in TPG slabs tone. Maybe that’s my own lack of experience but it’s just not something I’ve seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me the main appeal of slabbing is that I trust NGC experts more than I do myself when it comes to determining if a coin is real or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I’m not saying NGC is perfect. They aren’t. But I guarantee if someone put 50 real ancient coins and 50 fake ones in front of me and told me to figure out which ones were which I would probably be wrong 50% of the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whereas with NGC I’m guessing they’d be able to identify 90% or more of the fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s especially necessary for me since I have been buying expensive coins lately and I need that NGC opinion as a sort of confidence booster.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I was buying like $40-$80 coins I’d definitely be more willing to take the risk and use my own judgement.</p><p><br /></p><p>But when I buy a coin like my last one (the Quadrigatus) and the price tag is over $1,000 I just don’t have enough knowledge and experience to identify real vs really good fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Plato tells us Socrates once said:</p><p>“I know that I know nothing.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Wisdom is being aware of what you don’t know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7809283, member: 115909"]Yeah that’s true air-tites are cheaper. But can’t coins still time ugly in them? Idk if this is similar but I’ve seen even sealed proof sets tone ugly.However I’ve never seen coins in TPG slabs tone. Maybe that’s my own lack of experience but it’s just not something I’ve seen. For me the main appeal of slabbing is that I trust NGC experts more than I do myself when it comes to determining if a coin is real or not. Now I’m not saying NGC is perfect. They aren’t. But I guarantee if someone put 50 real ancient coins and 50 fake ones in front of me and told me to figure out which ones were which I would probably be wrong 50% of the time. Whereas with NGC I’m guessing they’d be able to identify 90% or more of the fakes. It’s especially necessary for me since I have been buying expensive coins lately and I need that NGC opinion as a sort of confidence booster. If I was buying like $40-$80 coins I’d definitely be more willing to take the risk and use my own judgement. But when I buy a coin like my last one (the Quadrigatus) and the price tag is over $1,000 I just don’t have enough knowledge and experience to identify real vs really good fake. As Plato tells us Socrates once said: “I know that I know nothing.” Wisdom is being aware of what you don’t know.[/QUOTE]
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